Gabriel Fauré: spartiti facile

The transcendent beauty of the last movement of Fauré's Requiem in D minor is guaranteed to induce goose bumps for audience and performer alike. The technical ease of this arrangement leaves the playe...

'Novelty of form, selected modulations, strange tone colours, the use of completely unexpected rhythms', this is how Camille Saint-Saëns praised the debut work of a young colleague and continued: 'Abo...

The music of small forms and of chamber-music instrumentations was to become the focus of the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). In 1874, after many years spent in the 'provinces', the teacher...

The music of small forms was to become the focus of the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). In 1874, after many years spent in the 'provinces', the teacher of Camille Saint-Saëns took the posit...

Gabriel Fauré (1845 1924) composed his beautiful, brooding 'Nocturne' from Shylock in 1889. Originally scored for string orchestra, it is deftly arranged for organ by the great Daniel Pinkham.